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| Grossman Publishers | Grossman Publishers was founded in New York in 1962 by Richard L. Grossman. In 1968 the firm was acquired by Viking Press (see 'Publishers' Weekly', 16 September 1968). Grossman continued as a Viking imprint until 1984. See the FOB entry for Viking (now part of the Pearson Group) and 'Dictionary of Literary Biography' 46 (1986), pp. 167-168. | 2008 |
| Grove Press | Grove Press was founded in New York in 1951 by Barney J. Rosset Jr. In 1985 the firm was acquired by Ann Getty and George Weidenfield and became known first as Grove Weidenfeld (q.v.) and then as Grove Nicolson. In 1993 the firm was merged with Atlantic Monthly Press to form Grove/Atlantic Inc. See www.groveatlantic.com. | 2008 |
| Grove Weidenfeld | Grove Press was founded in New York in 1951 by Barney J. Rosset Jr. In 1985 the firm was acquired by Ann Getty and George Weidenfield and became known first as Grove Weidenfeld and then as Grove Nicolson. In 1993 the firm was merged with Atlantic Monthly Press to form Grove/Atlantic Inc. See www.groveatlantic.com. | 2008 |
| Gruner + Jahr | The Hamburg printing and publishing firm of Gruner + Jahr was acquired by Bertelsmann over the period 1969-1973. See www.bertelsmann.com. | 2008 |
| Gulf Publishing | The firm of Gulf Publishing was acquired by the Rowman & Littlefield Group in 2001 and now forms part of Taylor Trade Publishing. See www.rlpgtrade.com. | 2008 |
| Gulliver Books | Gulliver Books was established as a children's publishing imprint of the Harcourt, Brace & Company. See the FOB entry for Harcourt, Brace & Company, which was owned by Reed Elsevier from 1998 to 2007. The Gulliver Books imprint was discontinued by Harcourt Children's Books from 2005, but, from 2008, following the acquisition of Harcourt by Houghton Mifflin, the name of Gulliver has reappeared on Harcourt websites. See e.g. www.harcourtbooks.com. | 2008 |
| Harrap | The firm of Harrap was founded by George Harrap in 1901. In 1992 the firm was acquired by W. & R. Chambers (then owned by Group de la Cité), and the firm became known as Chambers Harrap. Chambers Harrap is now a Hachette Livre UK company. See www.chambersharrap.co.uk. | 2007 |
| Henry George Bohn | Henry George Bohn was a London-based book-dealer and publisher from the 1830s to the 1860s. In 1864 he sold his firm to Bell & Daldy, later George Bell & Sons Ltd. See the FOB entry for George Bell & Sons Ltd. | 2006 |
| Hutchinson | George Hutchinson founded his publishing company in 1887 and it remained a family firm until it was sold to London Weekend Television in 1979. In 1985 London Weekend Television sold Hutchinson to Century and the firm of Century Hutchinson was formed. Century Hutchinson was purchased by Random House UK in 1989. Random House UK was known as the "Random Century Group Limited" from 1989 to 1992, when it was renamed "Random House UK Limited". Random House was purchased by Bertelsmann AG in 1998 and now functions as a "corporate division" of Bertelsmann. See www.bertelsmann.com and www.randomhouse.co.uk. | 2008 |
| IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. | IDG Books Worldwide, Inc. was the publishing arm of International Data Group. After briefly being renamed IDG Books / Hungry Minds, the firm was sold to Wiley in 2001. See www.wiley.com. | 2008 |
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